Cleveland Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase Suspended: Shocking MLB Betting Scandal Unfolds Behind the Scenes

But, now? I don’t know. Maybe Clase bet Kansas City. Who’s to say? I mean, paying off a closer to throw a game is a terrible idea because he won’t pitch unless his team is winning, so it doesn’t make much sense. Nevertheless, this is the problem with all these sports betting investigations in American sports: Are these results legitimate? 

Clase is in his fourth season of a five-year, $20 million deal with the Guardians. While $4 million per year to play baseball is a dream job for most, I could see how it’s possible to talk Clase into rigging a game. The coordinators of this scheme would either have to extort Clase and his family, or pay him at least $500,000, you’d think. 

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